Friday, March 18, 2016

Episode 47 - Science Based Everything

Host Paul Carr is joined by panelists James Garrison, Mike Bohler and Nick Nielsen, for a wide ranging discussion about science, society, and the messy process by which science gets the money it needs to move forward. First, congratulations are in order for Pamela Gay and her Cosmoquest grant.

A completely unnecessary throwaway comment about Fantastic Voyage.

A brief update on the repeating Fast Radio Bursts and the (possible) negative detection of any FRB at LOFAR

A digression into shortwave radio and the number stations and the changes in maker culture

Alternative medicine can kill

Steven Novella's recent essay on the hijacking of Evidence Based Medicine and the difference maker by Science Based Medicine.